Core Banking Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the core platform team and coordinate with digital team members
• Work cross-functionally with the platform team. Take the lead on designing and deploying APIs, new data transformations, managing databases, and supporting production operations
• Lead the creation of tools for infrastructure management, monitoring, and scalability
• Take the lead on building and maintaining development and deployment tools for the stack
• Create, deploy, configure, support, and troubleshoot issues with networked application environments
• Collaborate with engineering and research teams to architect and deploy algorithms, provide operational support for our new and existing applications, and debug production issues
• Monitor team performance and report on metrics. Create an inspiring team environment with an open communication culture to set clear goals and expectations, delegate tasks, and meet deadlines

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in computer science or another related field
• Must have completed the compulsory 1-year NYSC or have an exemption certificate
• Deep understanding of the stored procedure languages used by core banking systems
• 8+ years of direct software design and development experience
• 3+ years of experience in applying modern frameworks and patterns to build highly scalable enterprise SaaS applications
• Proven track record implementing core banking platforms in banking or fintech domains
• Extensive experience with Java/J2EE, Hibernate, JMS, Spring (Core, MVC, Integration), REST APIs, MySQL
• Advanced knowledge of core banking platforms and how to expose the core banking capabilities as consumable services (RESTful services)
• Experience with Agile methodology, test-driven development, source control management, and automated testing
• Banking industry experience is required
• Familiarity with SDLC tools. Working knowledge of Agile software development is a plus
• Knowledge of Ant, Maven, Git, SVN, Jenkins, Travis, Puppet, Ansible, and Docker is considered an advantage
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Professional fluency in English is vital, both written and spoken